πagarwalmath · 3rd grade · Common Core 3.MD.D.8
🌻 Area & perimeter stories
Perimeter problems (including a missing side)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1Priya has 16 feet of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 4 feet long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ feet
2Priya's team runs all the way around a field that is 10 meters long and 8 meters wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ meters
3Sam puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Sam need?
Answer: ______________ meters
4Leo walks all the way around a park that is 5 meters long and 5 meters wide. How far does Leo walk?
Answer: ______________ meters
5Omar puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 9 meters long and 9 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Omar need?
Answer: ______________ meters
6Zoe sews a ribbon all the way around the edge of a rug that is 7 feet long and 4 feet wide. How many feet of ribbon does Zoe need?
Answer: ______________ feet
7Maya walks all the way around a rectangle-shaped yard, 24 yards in all. The yard is 7 yards long. How wide is it?
Answer: ______________ yards
8Lily paints a picture that is 6 inches wide and 7 inches tall. What is the area of the picture?
Answer: ______________ square inches
9A rug in Priya's room is 3 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many square feet of floor does it cover?
Answer: ______________ square feet
10Sam has 16 yards of fence. It goes all the way around a rectangle-shaped garden that is 6 yards long. How wide is the garden?
Answer: ______________ yards
11Leo's team runs all the way around a field that is 10 yards long and 9 yards wide. How far is one lap?
Answer: ______________ yards
12Aiden puts a fence all the way around a garden that is 6 meters long and 6 meters wide. How many meters of fence does Aiden need?
Answer: ______________ meters
Answer key: Area & perimeter stories
- 1. 4 feet
- 2. 36 meters
- 3. 28 meters
- 4. 20 meters
- 5. 36 meters
- 6. 22 feet
- 7. 5 yards
- 8. 42 square inches
- 9. 9 square feet
- 10. 2 yards
- 11. 38 yards
- 12. 24 meters
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